How to Clear the Recently Run Programs List


	How to Clear the Recently Run Programs List

bookchick49

4-15-2007 12:13 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c18d04cb-e044-4d13-b1ef-dd4c0bb69978/B89E5C48-BFD3-4F5D-ACD8-B3B9F74DD517/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp" href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pcmag.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">How can I clear the list of recently run programs that appears when you click the Start button and then click Run?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">Right-click the taskbar and choose <I>Properties</I>. Click the <I>Start</I> menu tab and click the <I>Customize</I> button next to whichever <I>Start</I> menu option is active.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">f you need to automate the cleanup process, or if you must clear the <I>Run</I> list while leaving <I>Recent Documents</I> intact, you can do it with a Registry script. Launch Notepad and enter these two lines:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">REGEDIT4<BR />[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU]</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">That really is just two lines; line two consists of everything between the square brackets [ ], </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">Save this file as "<I>norunmru.reg</I>" including the quotes </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">To clear the MRU list, launch the file, answer Yes, and click <I>OK</I>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">The list in the Registry is now gone, but Windows Explorer still has it in <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="3661133">memory</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109318,00.asp">You can restart or shut down Windows. 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